Yard birds ---she saw them , stood there with tail out and one paw up . I'd say that's taking an interest , not that she'd actually would retrive one if I shot one .I'm not going to shoot any birds over her for a few more months . I hav'nt even got her gun broke yet and never rush my dogs too quickly on that . I gun shy dog is worthless to me and too hard to fix. Also I got some fresh bird wings and having her chase them . About 90% house broken now ,knows commands, sit,stay,here and heal. Teaching her to follow whistle commands soon, next retreiving bumpers, then bumpers with duck scent and wings attached. I try to introduce my pups early and slowly and often I never have use a training coller but I do use force fetch and training stick eventually . Last couple of years using the Chris Atkins method and seems to work just fine !